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Tuesday, 26 November 2013
On Accent Week
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On Monday 14 November I was asked to comment on BBC Radio 4's PM programme about the case of a schoolteacher in Berkshire whose Cumbrian...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013
On language celebrations
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A correspondent has sent me a very welcome present. Long-time readers of this blog will know that a recurring theme is my concern to get lan...
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Monday, 11 November 2013
On tour (twice)
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A blog silence always means Something Is Up. And internet time seems to move faster than time in the real world. 'It's been a lifeti...
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
On a not very bright grammar test
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An English-teacher correspondent in the UK writes to tell me a very worrying - but totally to be expected - story emerging from the Key St...
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Wednesday, 11 September 2013
On OP place-names
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A correspondent writes to ask about place-name pronunciation in OP. In the late 16th century, would the letters, silent today, have been art...
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Monday, 9 September 2013
On a burning poetic question
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A correspondent writes to ask for an opinion about the pronunciation of the last word in the opening stanza of William Blake's 'The ...
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Monday, 26 August 2013
On looking very UK
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A correspondent writes to my website but provides no contact email address in the relevant box, so I can't acknowledge other than via th...
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